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I am looking new apartment to rent and found a nice

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I am looking for a new apartment to rent and found a nice room in a 5 bedroom shared accomodation townhouse. The room I like is on the top level and its basically the attic room, however there is a hot water storage tank (mega flow) in one of the cupboards. When seeing this I wondered if this is safe or not. Im also concenred that its run by gas and that it would be noisy. I would never want to run the risk of sleeping in a room if the unit is being run by gas due to a potential leak. When asking the landlord and voicing my concerns, this is what he said: "It is only a hot water storage tank in your bedroom, the actual gas boiler is in the downstairs living room. I have never had any complaints about the tank being noisy in the past" I get the impression he may be saying anything in order to fill that room. Also my understanding is, if there is a gas boiler anyway, why would you need a hot water storage tank then? Could someone please explain how this works and let me know if this is safe or not to be sleeping in a bedroom with a ""mega flow"

Hi . he's right , it is a Hot water tank only and is heated by a separate gas boiler . the pipes around it are water pipes. If the central heating pump is in that cupboard it may make a small bit of noise. But not loud enough to bother you I shouldn't think. Being at the top, if there is a leak it will all go downstairs and not effect you which is a plus. The reason for a hot water tank is that it can supply multiple bathrooms, whereas a combi boiler can only supply one/ two Max.

There is definitely no gas. with unented hot water cylinders they do have to be installed professionally . if not there is a risk of explosion .but this doesn't really happen now as the megaflows are supplied with all the safety valves now for the installer to fit. Could you send me a bunch of photos of the tank and fittings or a video? But in 20 years I have not seen one fitted dangerously. The explosion would be steam

I really wouldn't worry about it . if was installed wrong it would have been an issue within the first day. And its probably been in there for a while. If you like the place I wouldn't let it put you off as at least there is no gas boiler to worry about

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